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Retroscape of a Future Mind

Is there any escape from the perfect
storm of society’s desires and technology’s lure?In 2065 St. Louis, Missouri, Dr. Sam
“Doc” Price finds his life-long friend, Rick Johnson, dead in his home.But nothing about his death makes sense to Doc or his wife, Nicole Veles-Price.And when
authorities close the case, due to the lack of evidence of foul play, Doc starts to
recreate a landscape of his and Rick’s friendship, a retroscape, looking for landmarks
that might explain such a needlessly violent and lonely death in a world where such actions are unimaginable.Along the way, Doc recounts:

·Some of the early failures of machine
intelligence and its ultimate rise, altering forever the world of work and our
self-images;

·Revolutions in transportation and
commerce that reshape the nature of home and the sense of community;

·An infectious disease that renders its
victims listless, even self-destructive, while its spread tears at the very
fabric of family life; and

·A rise of artificially intelligent
companions, entities that humans start to turn to for acceptance, friendship,
and even self-identity.

In the end, Doc and Nicole trace the
death of their friend to the intersection of virtually irresistible societal
predispositions and the unwavering pull of technological advancement.But when it becomes clear that those same
forces are affecting all of humanity, they question if anyone will escape Rick’s
fate.

Retroscape of a Future Mind is book #3 in the Mind Sleuth Series.Like all other books in this series, it is
standalone and may be read in any order.A handful of pages tie the events in this book to the ongoing story of
Dr. Sam “Doc” Price and Ms. Nicole Veles, who rely on their wits and scientific
backgrounds to unravel psychological and technological mysteries.